I would consider the 46 mile round trip to a former job of mine to be a long commute. That commute alone would put about 12,000 miles on my car a year, and when my other driving was added in, I was right around the average of 15k miles per year.

100 miles of curvy open road is not a long commute. But 2 miles of bumper to bumper is too much.

Yes there is nothing in Yucca Valley, you have to drive to do anything. Unless you want to check up on your meth lab... I keed I keed.
But I can see that. I have put on 11k in 7 months. And that is with a 2 mile commute to work